I really don’t remember what I was going to write about this morning. Recent news events about the Catholic Church and allegations of ties to Pope Benedict have crowded out whatever I was thinking about. The Pope made a statement recently – an apology of sorts. Many are calling it…
“J” of Shadows of WCG wrote a reply to a particular question in “DOUB – A Matter of Personal Faith.” In it, he/she in turn asked a question as part of the answer. In reality, Romans 14 clearly asks “Who are you to judge someone else’s servant”. The writer states…
Three hermits are living in a cave. Each has taken a vow of silence. One day, a horse runs by the entrance of the cave. Two years pass… One of the hermits says, "Wasn’t that white horse beautiful?" A year goes by… The second hermit says, "It was black." Six…
Yesterday, I posted a (hopefully) humorous article on “On the Lighter Side: What Most Cults Have In Common”. There was a point to it, though. You have to be careful when you look for common characteristics of any group to make sure you are identifying real distinguishing attributes and not…
As Seen on Twitter: “if not true, then false”. “New truth”, how I hate the term! Some of you probably dislike it even more than I do. Frankly, even before the 90s, I could never understand how the “truth” could be “new”! Bethel Church of God (BCG) apparently teaches a…
Sometimes what seems like different ideas come from different directions, yet they hit a common spot. On this blog, I have begun posting a series on The Just War. Then, there are the usual calls for unity from various places. Friday, I posted about “The Church That Was a Mess”….
“How can that be God’s Church? It’s such a mess!” Have you ever heard those words? Yes, they can sting. They sting even worse when whatever preceded them is true. I was reading a Baptist’s blog article, “Thank God for the Church !”, and this jumped out at me: The…
UCG apparently has no members in Haiti, but they do have family of members there. Obviously, news has been slow in coming. It turns out that UCG contacted LCG about its members. From what I gathered, there are about 30 members that are alive, but it sounds like there is…
One of the detriments of this electronic age is that people believe they are “indispensible”. They are tied to their work via email and BlackBerry, even while on vacation! However, in the business world, a good leader shows his abilities when his organization can get along without him. He has…
Well, by now I’ve probably offended just about everyone who takes church government “seriously”. Meanwhile, I’m still looking for the verse in the Bible that says believing in a one-man rule is a requirement for baptism. However, no discussion of church government would be complete without including UCG in the…